Journal: Physical review research
Article Title: Poisson Kalman filter for disease surveillance
doi: 10.1103/physrevresearch.2.043028
Figure Lengend Snippet: Comparison of the PKF (optimal variable gain) and the Kalman filter (optimal fixed gain) for the SIRH model with Poisson observations of the infected and hydrocephalic populations. The true (a) susceptible S , (b) recovered R , (c) infected I , and (d) hydrocephalic H values (black) are compared to the PKF (red dashed curve) and Kalman filter (blue dotted curve) estimates. (c) and (d) also show the observations (green circles) rescaled by dividing by the constants c I and c H , respectively. (e) and (f) Expanded versions of (d), enlarged to show detail. When the number of cases is large, the KF estimate of H is very close to the observations, whereas the PKF adjusts to the larger observation variance and produces better estimates. Also shown are the Poisson rates (black) of (g) I and (h) H and the observed case numbers (red circles) from the Poisson distribution.
Article Snippet: Finally, we note that two closely related alternative approaches to applying the Kalman filter to nonlinear dynamics are the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) [ ] and ensemble adjustment Kalman filter (EAKF) [ ].
Techniques: Comparison, Infection